Machine for applying decorative material



R. LARSEN MACHINE FOR. APPLYING DECORATIVE MATERIAL March 1, 1931.

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 14, 1930 Mg Q .mm. a E

' March 1, 1-932.

' MACHINE FOR APPLYmie DECORATIVE MATERIAL R. LABISEN 1,847,118

Filed April 14, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 1, 1932. LARSEN 1,847,118

MACHINE FOR APPLYING DECORATIVE MATERIAL Filed April 14, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Mar. 1, 1932 nonnnrnnnsmvmrnos ANGELES, CALIFORNIA .MAGEINE ronnrrnymdsnnoom rivn mrnnm p-Anplication 'filed A ril 14,

This invention relates to applicationof decorative materials to. ohjects,.and has particular ---reference-t-o machines for applying decorative E ic'in-gs "to cakes or other baked 5 pro,ductsupon which it is desired to reproduce a selected "design. I

Ma-nyeproductsnow o'fif'ered upon the market are: given a; pleasing appearance by means I of designs; placed thereon inthe form of decoo rations built up by ;:application of a plastic mate-rialtoth-- -bject in accordancewith a "predetermined :design. "F or example, the jplastic materials, such as athick paint, wax, ;plaster or similar materials; have beenplace'd 1-3 nponthe-ohj'ects to -produce-the effect of a raised or embossed configuration thereon, the oloj ect decorated being "rendered more pleas ing to the eye thanjsiinilar objects uponiwhich adecoration-of arfiat design'is'used; v

It has been the practice-in the confectionery art to :apply sugaricings to baked products,

such-as'calies, inwhich'the icing-while still plastic isappliedun accordancewith a predetermineddesignto produce various pleas- ;ing configurations; and 'particularlyicings of vafiious-colorshave been used' to further en- ;hance the beauty of the ffinished ca'ke. All of these llecoiatim effects "have heretofore :been dependent upon-the skill of the person so pplying'the design, making the finished product costly and rendering it substantially impossible to accurately reproduce several articlesoftlle same design. r

isan object of my invention therefore ;to .provide a device for automatically reproducing designs in plastic material from a record-or'pattern so that thesame design may v Y of the feed pipe rack illustrated in Figure "If;

be reproduced as inanytimes as desired.

Another object or my invention is to providea device for reproducing predetermined "designs in plastic material in which the materia-lnay befa-pplied in variedconfigurations of the same material.

Another-object of my invention is to pro- 4 1 i vide a device -for reproducing "designs in plastic material in which the design may he reproduced in various types, kinds orcolors of materials. r p 7 Another object of-iny invention isto provide a device forreproducing designs in plas- -:of the rack illustrated in-F'igui'e Q;

1930. Serial No. 443,960.

ticinaterial froma record or pattern inwhich the different parts of the 'designunaybereproduced in lines or varyingconfiguration and in varying 'kindsor colors of materials.

Another object ofn y invention isl to pro-'5 vicle a device for reproducing designs in Lipla'stic material from a record or pattern in "which the diifere'nt parts ofathe design may hereproduced in lines of varying configurationland .in varying kinds or colors of'mate- "6o rial. t v i Another object ofmyinventio'n is'to provide a device for reproducing designs in plastic material froina record orpatterninwliich the configuration o fg-thecdesign is controlled '6 j by 1 the pattern and in which the selection of the'configurati'on ofthe lines,.fas'well asgche selection of thexkinds or colors o'f-inateri'all's, vwill'be accomplished.automaticallyiin ac'co'rdance with the'pattern. A p

, Anotherohject ofniy invention i-s'to'iprovide a de'vice for reproducing designs in'p'lastic material in which the plastic material will be applied in 1i es,"the 'size'of which is automatically controlled by controllingfthe rate of flow of'the material to the object tio be decorated in. accordance "thelrecord or pattern. v p e Other objects and purposesof my in've "tion will'be apparent from a s'tudyofithe fol- "8o lo-wing description with reference "to the accoinp'an'ying drawings, wherein Figure 1'is a diagraininaticview of a' in'achinebuiltin accordance with iifveiition and utilized for the purpose of decorating 8 5 Figure-2 is a detail view insid'e'elevation Figure 3'isra detail view, i-pa'rtly in section,

Figure 4 is a detail-sectional View 'of 'a valve to be utilized for controlling the rate of flow of thedecorativematerial; I

Figure 5 is-a detail-view, partly in section, ofaa clutch whichvmay be used to connect an object. supporting turntable foregrotation "thereof i v Fi ur'e 6- is a detailoview showing the ar rangement of thecontro'lling'v mama .iar' the decorating arm illustrated in igure 1;

of the record or pattern andthe controlling resistors for the magnets shown in Figures 1. and 6;

.Figure 11 1s a side elevatlon, partly in section, of the pattern orrecord device illustrated in Figure 10, and

Figure 12 is a diagrammatic view showing the wiring system which may be utilized in practicing myin'vention.

Referring to the drawings, I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention which may be utilized'inapplying decorative icing to cakes or to other baked products in which the object to be decorated may be placed upon a turntable 10, preferably rotatably mounted upon a base 11. Immediately above the'turntable 10 I have illustrated a decorating arm 30 12 supported upon a plurality of links or levers 13 and 14; .The link or lever 13 is pivotally mounted upon a shaft 15 and has a rearwardly extending portion 16 thereof extending beyond the pivot for operative engagement to the armature 17 of a solenoid 18 by means of a link 19.

It will be observed that the link or lever 13 connects to the decorating arm 12 at a point intermediate the ends of this arm, while one end of arm 12 is'pivotally connected as at 21 to the link or lever 14. The opposite end of the link or lever 14 is'pivotally connected to a short link 22 which in turn is also rotatably mounted upon thev same shaft 15 which supports the link 13. From an inspection of Figure 1, it will be observed that the length of the link 13 between the shaft 15 and thedecorating arm12 is exactly the same as the length of the lever 14 between the pivotal connection 21 and the link 22. Also, it will be observed that the short link 22 is of the same length as the distance between the vpivotal connection 21 on the arm 12 and the .point of attachment of the link 13 to the arm 12. This construction, therefore, constitutes a parallelogram support forthe decorating arm 12. r 5

A solenoid 23 having an armature 24 is connected by meansof a link 25 to the lever 14, "preferably at the point of connection of the-link'22 to the link 14. It willalso' be observed that the direction of movement of the armature 24 under the influence of the solenoid 23is at substantiallyright angles to the movement of armature 17 under the influence of its solenoid 18.

A biasing spring 26 secured between the lever 13 and the decorating arm 12 normally biases the decorating arm 12 in a direction opposite to that in which the arm 12 and the link 13 will be relatively moved under the influence of solenoid 23. The arm 12 is pro- Vided, at the end thereof opposite to the point of attachment of the link 14, with a substantially U-shapedfclip' or connecting attachmcnt 27 which may be attached to tubes or nozzles through which the decorative material is to be applied to the object to be decorated.

The construction thus far described constitutes a supporting mechanism for the decorating arm 12 and the nozzle carrying attachment27' in which the position of the nozzle carrying attachment with reference to the turntable 10 may be controlled through the varying energization of the solenoids 18 and 23, the effect of solenoid 18 being to cause the attachment 27 to describe an arc, the radius of which is the length of the lever 13 while the effect of solenoid 23 will be to movethe attachment 27 through another arc which is substantially at right angles to the are determined by lever 13. In this manner varying the relative energization of the two solenoids 18 and 23 will cause attachment 27 to move in any direction in a plane parallel to the surface of the turntable 10.

The path which is to be described by the attachment 27 may be determined by means of a record or pattern 28 (see Figure 10), which I have illustrated as comprising a base strip of flexible non-conductive material 29, for example, a. strip of canvas upon which may be secured a plurality of strips 30, 31, 32 and 33 of conducting material. The base strip29 may be suitably wound upon a spool 34, which is journaled in the side walls 35 of a control box 36. A winding spool 37 also jou'rnaled-in the control box 36 and driven through the agency of a pulley 38 and a shaft 39 may be used to draw the pattern 29 from the spool 34 and through the control box 36. I

Mounted in the control box 36 I have illustrated a pair of resistance tubes 40 and 41, one above and one below the path described by the pattern 29 in its movements from spool 34 to spool 37. Each of the resistance tubes 40 and 41 has wound thereon a pair of resistors, those upon tube 40 bearing the reference characters 42 and 43, while those upon tube 41bearing-the reference charac ters 44 and 45. The resistors are preferably formedofsome non-insulated resistance wire and are wound in such manner as to present the surfaces of the wire for engagement with the" conducting strips 30'33 as the pattern passesfrom one of the spools to. the other. If desired, a-pair of deflecting rollers 46 and "47 may be provided between the resistance From an inspection of Figures 10 and 11 it will be observed that, as the pattern 29 passes from spool 34 to spool 37 the contact strip willengage different turns of resistance wire of the resistor in accordance with the convolutions of the conducting strip 30. In the same manner, the resistor 44 will have difierent turns thereof engaged by the conducting strip 31 in accordancewiththe configuration of this strip. In like manner resistors 42 and 43 will be similarly engaged by conducting strips 32 and- 33, respectively. By properly securing the various conducting strips to the canvas base with therel tive positions of the convolutions thereof arranged in accordance with a predetermined design, the amount of effective resistance of the resistors 42 ,45 may be varied in accordance with the predetermined selected plan.

Referring to Figure 12, it will be observed that resistor 42 is connected in circuit with Solenoid 18, While resistor 44 is connected in circuit with solenoid 23, the opposite terminals of the solenoids 18 and 23"being connected to a suitable source of electric energy represented as a battery 48, The deflecting rollers 46 and 47 may be utilized, if desired, as meansfor connecting theopposite terminal of the battery 48 to the conducting strips 30-33, by making these rollers of conducting material and connecting the same to one terminal of the battery 48. i

As the various convolutiolls of conducting strips 32 and 31 engage different turns of the resistors 42 and 44, respectively, varying amounts of current will be supplied respec- .tively to the solenoids 18 and 23.

Referring again to Figure 1, I haveillus trated a plurality of sources of plastic decorative material represented as containers 49, 50, 51 and 52. These containers may be filled with different kinds of material, for example, container 49 may be filled with an icing of a particular color, for example, white whilecontainers 50, 51 and '52 may,-r,espectively, c nta ot o e .i ine's, s p n green, brown, etc. From the lower portion of the container 49 a feed pipe 53 extends to a junction 54 from which a plurality of branch feed pipes '55. 56 and 57' may lead. The tubes 55, 56 and 57 are preferably made of some flexible material, to one end of which is secured a rigid tube section 58 secured to a hollow hub 59, which is in turn supported upon a hollow shaft 60. From the opposite side of the hub 59 a second rigidsection 61 of the tube may extend, tot-he opposite end of which is secured a further flexible tube 62 which terminates in a nozzle or funnel 63.

The hollow shaft isprovided 'with'an opening 64 therethrough for registration witha similar opening '65 in a solid valve plunger 66, the assembledstructure constituting a valve for controlling the flow of the ma terial through the tubes 55, 58, 61 and 62. The hollow hub 59 is provided with a pair of with reference to the openings 64 that when thetube sections 5861 are moved from the vertical position, the bosses pass out ofalign- 'ment with the opening64, this construction constituting an automatic cut-oil valve for preventing passage of material to the nozzle 63 during the time that the tubes 58 and 61 are vertical.

The remaining branches 56 and 57 of the feed pipe '54 are similarly provided with rigidsections and valve devices, as was described with refereince to the branch 55.

From the container 50, a feed pipe 68 extends to a plurality of branches 69, 70 and 71 which are also provided with rigid sections and valve structuresimilar to those described with reference to 55. In like manner, container 51 is connected by means of a feed pipe 7 2 to a plurality of branches 73, 74 and 7 5, while container 52 is connected by means of a feed pipe 76 to a plurality of branches 77, 78 and 7 The valve structures for all of the branches 55-79 of the feed pipes from the different sources of plastic material may be conveniently assembled upon a supporting structure 80 by mounting all of the hubs 59 upon the hollow shaft60', which may be formed as a continuous sleeve secured to upright supports 81 and 82, constituting a part of thesupportingframe 80, there being an opening 64 in the sleeve 60 for each of the hubs mounted thereon. The valve 66 may likewise .be constituted as a continuous rod extending throughout the length of the hollow sleeve 60, with openings therein for alignment with each of the openings 64 for each of the hubs mounted thereon. The valve 66 may be suitably controlled by connecting the same to the armature 83 of a solenoid 84, mounted upon a bracket 85 attached to one of the uprights 81 of the frame 80, so that energization of the solenoid .84 will cause the valve 66 to move with respect to the sleeve 60 and thus control the size of the opening through whichthe plastic material may be supplied to the nozzles. The valve 66 may be suitably biased to a closed positionby means of a spring 86 opposing the effect of solenoid 84. In the application of the decorative material, it may be desired to have the lines described by the internally extending bosses 67 so positioned ,7

material, of varying sizes, and this maybe feed pipes 54, 68, 72, and 76 terminates in a suitable funnel or nozzle. These funnels or nozzles have openings therein of different configuration and are preferably of the character well known in the confectionery art, where they have been used for the purpose of applying decorative icings to cakes, candies, etc. Preferably, the three nozzles associated with the three branches of each of the feed pipes shall have a difierent configuration with respect to each other, while the first nozzle of each group of the branches shall be similar, the second nozzle of each group shall be similar, and likewise, the third nozzle of each-group shall be similar. Ihave designated the nozzlesassociated with each of the branches with suitable reference characters, that designated by the reference character 63 being associated with branch 55, nozzle 37 associated with branch 56, 88 with branch 57, 89 with branch 69, 90 with branch 50, 91 with branch 71, 92 with branch 73, 93 with branch 74, 94 with branch 75, 95 with branch 77, 96 with branch 78, and 97 with branch 79.

Each of the nozzles 63, 87, etc. is arranged to be normally positioned in suitable openings 98 in a rack 99 secured to the frame 80, with the flexible tube 62 leading thereto of such length as to allow the rigid sections of the branches of the feed pipes to assume a normal verticalposition, with the valves comprised by the hubs 59 and sleeves 60 in a normally closed position. The vertical positioning of the rigid sections of the feed pipe branches is insured by mounting a weight 100 on the lowermost end of the rigid sections of each of the branch feed pipes so that the rigid sections are always biased to their vertical position.

In order to insure the flow of plastic material from the containers 4952, it is advisable to apply pressure to the material within the containers. For this purpose I have illustrated a pump 101 for maintaining a supply of air under pressure within a tank 102, whence the pressure is applied as by means of a conduit 103 to the upper portion of each of the containers 4952. The pump 101 may be driven in any suitable manner as usual by azmotor 104, and may be controlled in any well known manner to maintain the pressure at the desired value. The motor 104 may also be utilized to drive the pattern or record 28 by connecting the motor to the drive pulley 38, as by means of a belt 105.

WVhile the attaching arm may be moved over the surface of the turntable in anydesired direction, under the influence of solenoids 18 and 23, it may be desirable to rotate the object placed upon the turntable 10, and

to accomplish this I have illustrated the turntable 10 as connected by means of a gearing 106 to a shaft 107, which shaft may be connected in driving relation with a driving shaft'108 by meansof a suitable clutch 109 controlled by means of a magnet 110. The driving shaft 108 may be driven in any suitable manner, though I have illustrated the same as connected to be driven by the motor 104, as by means of a belt 111.

The rotational movement of the turntable '10 may, if desired, be suitably controlled by means of the pattern 28 by connectlng the magnet 110 to a contact brush 112 secured to one of the side walls 35 of the control box 36, and extending across the pattern 29 to such position as to engage a contact strip 113 mountedupon the pattern 29 at a suitable point thereon as to pass between the ends of the adjacent resistors 42, 43 and 44, 45, respectively. I

The operation of the device thus far described for applying a decorative-design to a cake may be outlined as follows:

Assuming that the containers 49, 50, 51 and 52 have been supplied with suitable frosting or icing material in a plastic form and that pressure has been supplied thereto from the pump 101 and tank 102, the material from each of the containers will be passed into the feed pipes leading therefrom and to the several branches leading from each of the feed pipes. However, since all of the rigid sections of each of the'feed pipes are in their ver-. tical positions, with the respective hubs thereof aligned with the valve openings 64, the material can pass only to the valve structure comprising hubs 59, sleeves 60 and valve 66,

The object to be decorated, such as a cake 114, may be placed upon the turntable 10 and the pattern or record of the particular design may be-placed in the control box 36. Current may now be supplied from the battery or other source of supply 48 to start the motor 104, and thereby cause the pattern 28 to be unwound from spool 34 and wound up on spool 37. As the pattern or record 28 passes from one of the spools to the other, the conducting strips 31 and 32 will'pass over their respective resistors 44 and 42 to variably energize solenoids 18 and 23. The initial configuration of the conducting strips 31 and 32 should be'such as to cause the connecting attachment 27 to be moved toward the rack 99 to select the particular one of the nozzles 63, 86, etc. which it is desired to be used for the first portion of the decoration or design desired. This operation will be understood as comprising the effect of substantially slight energization of the solenoid 18 so that the arm 12 will be moved under the influence of spring 20 toward the rack 99, while a simultaneously slight energization of the solenoid 23 will cause the arm 12 to assume whatever position is necessary to select the particular nozzle desired V As the pattern 28 continuespast the resistors 42 -44, the selected nozzle will be moved toward the cake to such position as may be desired as'the starting point for the decoral as shaft 15, as at 122, holds the assembled link structure against vertical displacement relative to the collar 119. The assembled struc-' ture, therefore, constitutes a support for the links 13 and 14, which allows these links to be moved vertically as the shaft 15 is lifted vertically under the influence of magnet 115. Itwill also be observed that the connection between the extending end 16 of link 13 with the link 19 and the armature 17 of solenoid 18 is accomplished by means of a vertically extending rod 123 which is secured to the end 16 of link 13 and is surrounded by the link 19, so that lifting of the entire link structure 13, 14, 16 may be accomplished without disconnecting the armature 17 of solenoid 18 from these links. In like manner, a rod 124 secured to the end of link 25 and extending vertically downward therefrom constitutes the pivotal engagement between link 25 and the armature 24 of solenoid 23, and insures that lifting of the link structure does not disconnect solenoid 23 from the link structure. The magnet for solenoid 115 is connected in circuit with the battery or source of power 48 and with a resistor 45 so that the passage of conducting strip 30 in the pattern 28 will cause the solenoid to be energized with varying amounts of current to thereby vary the height to which the link structure will be lifted or allowed to'be lowered under the influence of gravity.

With the structure for lifting and lowering the arm 12 described, decorations may be placed upon the cake which have dimensions in a vertical plane.

Assuming that itis desired to inscribe upon the cake to be decorated a line which may be formed by holding the nozzle stationary and rotating the turntable, a suitable conducting stripo113- placed upon the pattern 28 at the proper point, may be utilized to cause energization of the magnet 110 to connect the turntable for rotation by motor 104. It may also be desired to described certain portions of the'decoration with peculiar formations, such as by rotating the nozzle 63, as is the usual practice in the production of what is known as the rosebud decoration frequently found upon cakes and similar confections. In order to provide for such operation with my device, I have illustrated the nozzle 63 as being rotatable with reference to the attaching clip 27 (see Figures 8 and 9), by constructing the nozzle 63 with a reduced portion 125 surrounded by a collar 126, which collar constitutes the point of engagement between the attachment clip 27 and the p p nozzle 63. Y The collar 126 may be maintained in fixed relation to the nozzle 63 as by means of a washer 127 and suitable lock nuts 128. The employmentof the nozzle attachment described permits rotation of the nozzle 63 by the force of any device which will turn or twist the tube 62. 7 r 7 In order to provide for the rotary movement of the nozzle 63 I have illustrated the rigid section 61 of the branch feed pipe to which the tube 62 is attached as being rotatably secured to the boss 59. A small pinion 129 is rigidly secured to the rigid section 61 of the branch feed pipe in such position that when the rigid section 61 is tilted from the vertical position, the pinion will be brought into effective engagement with a gear rack 130 mounted upon the supporting structure in front'of the'assembled bosses. The gear rack may be reciprocated in any suitable manner, such as by connecting the rack 130 to the armature of a solenoid 131, mounted upon a bracket 132, which in turn is secured to the supporting frame 80. 1

Energization of the solenoid 131 will cause the rack to move toward the left (see Figure 2) and will thus cause rotation of the flexible section 61 of the branch feed pipes which happens to be tilted from its vertical position, as occurs when this branch feed pipe is in active use. The control of solenoid 131 may also be automatic, as by providing upon the record or pattern 28 an additional contact strip 133 for engagement by means of contact brush .134 mounted within the control with reference to brush 112. It will be noted that the conducting strip 133 is mounted upon the opposite side of the base canvas strip 29 to that upon which strip 113 is mounted, so that there will be no interference between these two-strips. The brush 134 may be suitably connected in circuit with the source of power 48 and the solenoid '131, so that at whatever portion in the design it is desired to produce a rosebud or similar configuration, requiring the rotation of the nozzle, the engagement of the conducting strip 133 and the brush 134 will produce the desired rotational effect on the nozzle 63.

It will thus be observed that I have provided a machine which may be utilized to reproduce from a pattern a design for which the pattern may be made, and that this design may be reproduced as many times as is desired in an automatic manner, making it unnecessary to employ a skilled worker for the reproduction of the design.

While the employment of my invention shown and described herein appears to be the preferred form of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to any of the details herein, except as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: i

1. In a device for applying decorative material to; an object to be decorated, a plurality of sources of different decorative materials, a feed pipe and a nozzle for each source, an arm attachable to any of said nozzles, means for moving said arm in all directions in at least one plane, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration and aster-i=5; I 7' f for determining the selection or the martian to be applied in different parts of th'e'decoration, and means connecting the pattern and} said moving means toc'aiis'e said arm to select nozzles and to describe the decoration in acceraance with said pattern. l

2. In a device for applying decorative ma:

' for determining the configuration of the finished decoration and for determining the selection of the diflerent nozzles for diiierent parts of the decoration, and means connecting said moving means and said pattern to cause the arm to select the nozzles and to describe the decoration in accordance with the pattern.

3. In a device for applying decorative ma-- terial to an object to be decorated, a plurality of sources oi dilierent decorative material, a plurality of feed pipes connected to each source each of which terminates in a nozzle differing in configuration from the remainder, an arm attachable to any of said nozzles, means for moving said arm in any direction in at least one plane, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration and for determining the selection of the different nozzles for diiierent parts of the decoration, and means connecting said moving means and said pattern to cause the arm to select the nozzles and to describe the decoration in accordance with the pattern.

4. In a device for applying decorative material to an object to be decorated, a source of decorative material, a feed pipe therefrom, having a nozzle through which the material flows to the object, means for applying pressure to said source of material, a valve in said feed pipe for controlling the flow of material therethrough, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration, means connecting the pattern and said arm to cause the arm to move over the object in accordance with the pattern, and means operably responsive to movement of said nozzle by said arm for con trolling said valve.

5. In a device for applying decorative material to an object to be decorated, a source of decorative material, a feed pipe therefrom,

having a nozzle through which the material flows to the ob ect, means for applying pressure to said source of material, a valve in said feed pipe for controlling the flow of material therethrough, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining the con,- figuration of the finished decoration, means connecting the pattern and said arm to cause 7 the arm to move over the object in accordance with the pattern, and means for controlling said Valve in accordance with said pattern. 1 I

'6. Ina devicefor applying decorative material to' an object to be decorated, a ourmet decorative material, a feed pipe therefrom, having a nozzle through which the material flows to the object, means for applying pres:

sure to said source of material; a valve in said feed pipe for controlling the flow of material theretl rough, an auxiliary valve in said feed pipe for also controlling the flow of material, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern fol determining the configuration of the finished decoration, means connecting the i'a'atter'n and said am to' cause the arm to move over the object in accordance with the pattern, means operably responsive to movement of said nozzle'by said arm for controlling said valve, and means for centroisaid auxiliary valve in accordance with said attern. ,j a

7. in a device for applying decorative ma: terial to an object to be decorated, asource ofdecorative'mateiial,a feed pipe therefrom, having a nozzle through which the material ate-smart object, means for applying pres s'ii're'to said source'of material, a valve insaid feed pipe for controlling the flow of mate: rial therthrouglnanarm for carrying the nozzle a pattern fordeterminin-g the con-- figuia o'n'of'the finished decoration, means corr ectiri'g' the pattern and said ariiit'o ca'us'e tli mto moveover the object in accordance with the attern, and means operable by said attern for cmitn'rI Iin said valve to deter: mine therate of flov'v of s'aid'fmateria'l in'a'c cerdanc'e w a predetermined design;

\ s. a devieefor applyin de'corative'ma ter'i'al to an object to be decorated, assures a-f deebrative inaterial, ai reed pipe'thereir'om; having a nozzle'"through which t'hematerial' flows to the object,"an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining-the" configuration of the finished; d e oration, means connecting the pattern and said arm to cause the ii rin'to niove over the object-in accordance am "e p rt in, mantras ror'rtating'said obj ea" while said object is receiving material from said nozzle;

9. In a device for applying decorative material t o'an object tobe decorated, a plurality or sources of different decorative mar-Brine, a feed pipe and a nozzle for each source, said feed pipes each including a pivotally mounted section hia'sedto a normal position,

an arm for carrying said nozzle, a pattern for determining the configuration of the fin-- ished decoration, means connecting said arm and saidpattern to cause the arm to move over theobject in accordance with thepattern andto draw the section of the feed pipe fromits normal position, a normally closed valve in said feed? pipe for-controlling the'flow of:

material therethrough and, operable to air open position upon movement of the feed pipe section from its normal position.

10. In a device for applying decorative material to an object to be decorated, a source of decorative material, a feed pipe therefrom, having a nozzle throughwhich the material flows to the object, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration, a plurality of interconnected levers supporting said arm, electromagnetic means for moving said levers to move said arm horizontally in one direction, electromagnetic means for moving said arm horizontally in a direction at an angle to said first direction, the combined action of said electromagnetic means causing said arm to move in any direction over a flat surface dependent upon the degree of energization of said electromagnetic means, electromagnetic means for controlling the lifting and lowering of said arm, resistance means controlled by the pattern for controlling the degree of energization of said electromagnetic means to cause the arm to move in accordance with the pattern, and resistance means controlled by said pattern for variably controlling said lifting and lowering means in accordance with said pattern.

11. In a device for applying decorative ma-' terial to an object to be decorated, a source of decorative materialpa feed pipe therefrom, having a nozzle through which the material flows to the object, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration, means connecting the pattern and said arm to cause the arm to move over the object in accordance with the pattern, means for rotating said nozzle wit-h respect to said arm, and means under the control of said pattern for determining the point in the configuration of the finished decoration at which rotation of the nozzle-is to occur.

12. In a device for applying decorative material to an object to he decorated,a source of decorative material, a feed pipe therefrom, having afieXible section to which is secured .a nozzle through which the material flows to the object, an arm for carrying the nozzle, a pattern for determining the configuration of the finished decoration, means connecting the pattern and said arm to cause the arm to move over the object in accordance with the pattern, means rotatahly mounting said nozvzleon said arm, means for rotating said flexible section of said feed pipe, and means under the control of said pattern for operating the rotating means at that point in the configuration of'the finished decoration at which rotation of the nozzle is desired;

13. In a device for applying decorative material to an object to be decorated, a source of decorative material, a nozzle connected to said source, an arm carrying said nozzle, a magnet for reciprocating said arm in a given 

